Together (2021)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Justin Martin | Stephen Daldry
Starring: James McAvoy | Samuel Logan | Sharon Horgan
Trance (2013)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2.3
Director: Danny Boyle
Starring: Danny Sapani | James McAvoy | Matt Cross | RosarioDawson | Vincent Cassell | Wahab Sheikh
Chris says: “Danny Boyle peaked early and spectacularly with TRAINSPOTTING; since then he’s mostly made one bummer after another (at this point, I’d watch only 28 DAYS LATER and maybe 127 HOURS again). What sinks most of his post-Ewan McGregor
Read the review...The Conspirator (2011)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Robert Redford
Starring: Evan Rachel Wood | James McAvoy | Justin Long | Kevin Kline | Robin Wright | Tom Wilkinson
Thom says: “Two must-see actors, a passing interest in Redford films (his QUIZ SHOW was my #1 film of 1974!), & the noteworthy cast drove me to a theatre to see this & I’m glad I did. Certainly while I
Read the review...The Last Station (2010)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Michael Hoffman
Starring: Anne-Marie Duff | Christopher Plummer | Helen Mirren | James McAvoy | Kerry Condon | Paul Giamatti
Jason says: “THE LAST STATION is a perfectly adequate sort of historical drama. Nice cast in Christopher Plummer, Paul Giamatti, and Helen Mirren. Nice production values. Interesting subjects. You may learn something while watching it, whether in terms of history,
Read the review...Atonement (2007)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Joe Wright
Starring: James McAvoy | Keira Knightley | Romola Garai | Saoirse Ronan | Vanessa Redgrave
Sarah says: “Let me begin by saying I have not read the book the film was based upon (although it’s on my to be read list now) and I knew nothing about the film when I sat down in the
Read the review...The Last King of Scotland (2006)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Starring: Forest Whitaker | James McAvoy | Kerry Washington
Bruce says: “As Idi Amin, the military ruler of Uganda from 1971-1979, Forest Whitaker develops his character brilliantly. Like many charismatic leaders, Amin is a man who can charm anyone who crosses his path and, at the same time, instill
Read the review...The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Andrew Adamson
Starring: Anna Popplewell | Georgie Henley | James McAvoy | Jim Broadbent | Skandar Keynes | Tilda Swinton | William Moseley
Michael says: “Scot and I got passes to a special sneak preview of the much-anticipated THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH & THE WARDROBE, the film version of the first part of C.S. Lewis’ children’s fantasy series. There
Read the review...Wimbleon (2004)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Richard Loncraine
Starring: Bernard Hill | Eleanor Bron | James McAvoy | Jon Favreau | Kirsten Dunst | Nikolaj Coster-Waldau | Paul Bettany | Sam Neil
Bruce says: “Being a huge tennis fan, I approached WIMBLEDON with certain trepidation. Would this romantic comedy be as bad as I feared? The answer is ‘no, it wasn’t really bad at all,’ although it should have been much better.
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